Doctor bill

$200,000

Estimated amount per episode that Grey's Anatomy star Ellen Pompeo will receive as a result of her recently renegotiated contract, according to the Hollywood Reporter. Ensemble cast members for the hit ABC medical drama James T. Pickens Jr., Chandra Wilson, Justin Chambers and T.R. Knight are close to new deals that could earn them $125,000 an episode, the paper said.

Chatter

"It was a happy confluence of events. We had the perfect footage and they had the perfect opportunity."

Valerie Van Galder, an executive for Columbia TriStar Motion Picture Group, which aired an exclusive preview of Spider-Man 3 during NBC's Heroes. The movie will be released May 4.

Current event

Former Vice President Al Gore brought his interactive Current TV channel to Britain on Monday. Current TV, which reaches 40 million homes in the United States, has added 10 million on the Sky and Virgin Media platforms in Britain and Ireland. Current TV's programming consists of 3-to-8-minute current affairs "pods" that range from documentaries about the slums of Nairobi to Bono's profile of U2 band- mate The Edge.